I know this isn't about beef but....
Mandatory head submission of all hunter killed deer was implemented in 2007 by the Alberta Government to monitor the spread of C.W.D. (Chronic Wasting Disease). A positive case was found in a deer shot 10 miles north of the town of Provost. Due to this one positive case, the government has resumed the cull of deer herds around the Provost area. To date, of 5170 heads submitted throughout the province of Alberta in the 2007 hunting season, 7 have tested positive. This works out to 0.135% of all deer submitted throughout the hunting season.
The section of land where the deer was harvested in the Provost area has been deemed a “hot zone” and as such, the government plans to eliminate every single deer within a 10km radius around the initial site. In addition to the total elimination of deer within this zone, the Alberta government plans to reduce the deer population to 1 deer per square kilometer in the deer wintering zone. The deer wintering zone is a heavily wooded area stretching from the hamlet of Metiskow northeast to the village of Chauvin. This move will reduce the deer herd in W.M.U. 234 from an estimated 10 000 head down to 1600 animals.
Mandatory head submission of all hunter killed deer was implemented in 2007 by the Alberta Government to monitor the spread of C.W.D. (Chronic Wasting Disease). A positive case was found in a deer shot 10 miles north of the town of Provost. Due to this one positive case, the government has resumed the cull of deer herds around the Provost area. To date, of 5170 heads submitted throughout the province of Alberta in the 2007 hunting season, 7 have tested positive. This works out to 0.135% of all deer submitted throughout the hunting season.
The section of land where the deer was harvested in the Provost area has been deemed a “hot zone” and as such, the government plans to eliminate every single deer within a 10km radius around the initial site. In addition to the total elimination of deer within this zone, the Alberta government plans to reduce the deer population to 1 deer per square kilometer in the deer wintering zone. The deer wintering zone is a heavily wooded area stretching from the hamlet of Metiskow northeast to the village of Chauvin. This move will reduce the deer herd in W.M.U. 234 from an estimated 10 000 head down to 1600 animals.